For my honours project I want to create a webseries along the lines of Being Victor, integrated in a dedicated website similar to Control TV. I have struggled to find the right genre and the decision is definitely not made yet but I would like to target a mid-20s age group in a comedy/drama setting. Something along the lines of Gilmore Girls or Greek.
The episodes will be of 8-10 minutes length and the series will comprise of 8(ish) episodes. There is room for change as I am not proposing the project until September.
I have yet to figure out the storyline and if I will have one hero/heroin or group of people. I want to try and find dedicated script writers to write the script, maybe Abertay students that would write my scripts as part of their third year module requirements, professional actors from either the Rep or other theatre groups in Dundee. I don't want this to be a uni project only, I want it to be a presentable piece. Which is why I want the acting to be spot on. I will have to find sound artists, most likely students, to provide the audio and hopefully I can recruit some indie bands to provide the music for the soundtrack.
Unless my academic supervisor disagrees I would take on the role of director and camera and also edit the piece. Which means I am leading the creative department, have over all creative reign and am putting the largest amount of work into the project to deem it my own.
With this project I am exploring the question I have posed as my dissertation question "How does the internet becoming such a vast medium for consumption of video content impact the TV production industry?", a question I have previously dipped into with my Digital Media Practice Essay.
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